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Open Field Message Bus (OpenFMB) Proof of Concept Implementation: NIST TN 2066

July 29, 2020

There is a smart grid messaging framework known as an Open Field Message Bus (OpenFMB); it describes a publish-and-subscribe model of communication for smart...

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NIST Launches Studies into Masks’ Effect on Face Recognition Software

July 27, 2020

Now that so many of us are covering our faces to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, how well do face recognition algorithms identify people wearing masks? The...

NICE Released the Summer 2020 eNewsletter

July 27, 2020

The Summer 2020 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the...

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NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Program Enters ‘Selection Round’

July 22, 2020

The race to protect sensitive electronic information against the threat of quantum computers has entered the home stretch. After spending more than three years...

PQC Standardization Process: Third Round Candidate Announcement

July 22, 2020

It has been almost a year and a half since the second round of the NIST PQC Standardization Process began. After careful consideration, NIST would like to...

Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure: Draft SP 800-209 Available for Comment

July 21, 2020

Storage infrastructure—along with compute (encompassing OS and host hardware) and network infrastructures—is one of the three fundamental pillars of Information...

CyberSeek™ Data Confirms the Ever-Present Need to Expand Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline

July 16, 2020

Cybersecurity professionals remain in high demand by employers across the United States and in virtually every industry, according to new data published this...

NICE Releases Draft Revisions to the NICE Framework

July 15, 2020

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) has released a draft revision to NIST Special Publication 800-181, the Workforce Framework for...

NICE Releases Draft Revision of the NICE Framework

July 15, 2020

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) has released Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-181 Revision 1, Workforce Framework for...

Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): Second Public Draft of NISTIR 8286 Available for Comment

July 9, 2020

All enterprises should ensure cybersecurity risk gets the appropriate attention within their enterprise risk management (ERM) programs, which address all types...

NIST Kick-Starts ‘Threshold Cryptography’ Development Effort

July 7, 2020

A new publication by cryptography experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes the direction the technical agency will take to...

NIST Roadmap Toward Criteria for Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives: Publication of NISTIR 8214A

July 7, 2020

NIST has published NISTIR 8214A, NIST Roadmap Toward Criteria for Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives, which presents a structured approach for...

Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting CUI: NIST Seeks Public Comments on Draft SP 800-172

July 6, 2020

Summary NIST is seeking comments on Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-172, Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified...

NIST Revises Guide to IPsec VPNs: SP 800-77 Revision 1

June 30, 2020

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a network layer security control used to protect communications over public networks, encrypt IP traffic between hosts...

2020 NICE Conference and Expo Goes Virtual

June 29, 2020

Florida International University and New America have decided to reformat the NICE Conference and Expo to a virtual platform. This decision is an innovative...

iKeepSafe has announced a change to a virtual format for 2020 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference

June 23, 2020

6th Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference Call for Presentations: Open April 1 – June 30, 2020 In an effort to be mindful of health concerns...

OSCAL 1.0.0 Milestone 3 Release

June 16, 2020

NIST is pleased to announce the release of OSCAL 1.0.0 Milestone 3. This is the third official milestone pre-release of OSCAL and marks the last pre-release...

Call for Comments on Digital Identity Guidelines

June 8, 2020

NIST has issued a Call for Comments on the four-volume set of Digital Identity Guideline documents, including: Special Publication (SP) 800-63-3 Digital...

Cryptographic Key Generation: NIST Publishes SP 800-133 Rev. 2

June 4, 2020

NIST announces the publication of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-133 Revision 2, Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation , which discusses the...

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NIST to Digital Forensics Experts: Show Us What You Got

June 2, 2020

Digital forensics experts often extract data from computers and mobile phones that may contain evidence of a crime. Now, researchers at the National Institute...

Security for IoT Device Manufacturers: NIST Publishes NISTIRs 8259 and 8259A

June 1, 2020

Some cybersecurity best practices and guidance for Internet of Things (IoT) device manufacturers are now available from NIST’s Cybersecurity for IoT Program...

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NIST Seeks Public Input on Use of Positioning, Navigation and Timing Services

May 27, 2020

Agency plans guidance to strengthen cybersecurity of related tech in response to White House order.

Building Secure Microservices-based Applications Using Service-Mesh Architecture: NIST Special Publication 800-204A Now Available

May 27, 2020

As microservices-based applications are increasingly deployed within large enterprises and cloud-based environments, dedicated and scalable infrastructure is...

Draft White Paper on "Getting Ready for Post-Quantum Cryptography" is Available for Comment

May 26, 2020

NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is initiating the development of practices to ease the migration from the current set of public-key...

Assessing Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) Programs: NIST Special Publication 800-137A Now Available

May 21, 2020

Federal agencies are directed to implement a program to continuously monitor their organizational information security status. NIST Special Publication (SP) 800...

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